Their images are frozen in time, but their loved ones are speaking out.

WLKY's goal is to invoke positive change in the community through sharing the stories of people whose lives have been touched by violence and crime.

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"My dad would always boast and brag about me, about me being the first person to actually go to college, so the fact that he wasn't there, that was very, very hard for me," said Brittany Morgan, whose father was killed.

The semester before Morgan was set to graduate from University of Louisville, in November 2011, she lost her father, 49-year-old Harrison Edwards Jr.

She describes her graduation day in May 2012 as bittersweet.

"I was happy that I was graduating, but there was a piece of me that was really sad, but I felt like I couldn't show it because people would be like. 'Why are you sad? You're graduating,'" said Morgan.

Graduating without her father to watch her walk across the stage, she decorated her cap in his honor.

Edwards' girlfriend, Sybil Sayles, has been charged with murder in his death.

Investigators said the two had a history of domestic violence, much of it centered around alcohol.

Police said Sayles confessed to the crime when she voluntarily went to Louisville Metro Police headquarters for questioning.

Edwards left behind three children, two grandchildren and lots of memories both Morgan and her mother can smile about.

"I think about my dad every day. I have pictures of him. I listen to music. I watch videos, so I remember the good things about him," said Morgan.

She hopes to inspire others who've lost loved ones in the same way to preserve their memories in a positive way.

"You're allowed to be angry at the situation, but if you harvest the anger within you, it's only going to make the situation worse and it's going to take away from the memory of that person," said Morgan.

Morgan is currently a graduate student at UofL. She and her family are actively engaged in the court proceedings in her father's case.